Category Archives: People
The Provincial Penitentiary
Submitted by Devonna Edwards It was located one-half mile from the city of Halifax, on fourteen acres of land overlooking the eastern shore of the North West Arm, close to Point Pleasant Park. Today that site would be on Inglewood
Rockhead Prison – Also known as City Prison
Submitted by Devonna Edwards The prison was located one mile north of downtown Halifax, on a high hill above Africville and overlooking the Bedford Basin. It was situated at the corner of what is now Leeds Street and Novalea Drive
Devlin’s Pond in Fairview and the Polio Epidemic in the early 1950s
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Devlin’s Pond was located on Melrose Avenue; between Melrose Avenue and Sunnybrae Avenue in Fairview, just below Alex Street. The pond was named after John Devlin who owned property there in 1921 until at least 1927.
The Old Tannery and Area
Submitted by Devonna Edwards The Old Tannery was located three miles from Halifax, on the Bedford Highway. A Rock Quarry occupied the site after the Tannery business closed out. Today a car dealership stands on the site. In 1796 John
Constable Charles Russell Fulton
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Constable Charles Russell Fulton, was Halifax Police Department’s first police officer killed in the line of duty. Desperate All-Day Battle The Evening Mail Newspaper dated July 14 and 15, 1924 Police Officer Charles Fulton has been
St. Patrick’s Home
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located on Mumford Road. The first St. Patrick’s Home for boys opened on October 2,1885 on the old Murphy homestead, known as Pleasant Valley Farm. The property, owned by John Murphy, contained forty-eight acres, between Dutch
Geizer’s Hill or Geizer’s Mountain
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Geizer’s Hill or Geizer’s Mountain Today the areas location is described as the top of Main Avenue and Washmill Lake Drive. Years ago the lower part of Main Avenue was known as the Duke of Kent
Susie’s Lake and Quarry Lake
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Many will remember hiking back to either of these lakes for a swim on a hot summer day. Years ago, before the Bi-Highway was built in 1958, we would head up to the top of Main
Fairview Middlemore Home
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located in Fairview on the Bedford Highway. It was situated on a high hill next to the Rock Quarry (now a car dealership occupies the site.) In later years the Harbour Lights Hotel (1948), the Wandlyn
British Home Children Monument
Submitted by Devonna Edwards Located on Marginal Road by Pier 21 in Halifax. The unveiling of the new monument happened on July 6, 2019. Over 130,000 British Home Children were brought from England to Canada as Child Labour between the
